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underinvest

verb

Etymology

From under- + invest.

  1. derived from investire
  2. derived from investio
  3. borrowed from investire
  4. borrowed from investir
  5. prefixed as underinvest — “under + invest”

Definitions

  1. To invest insufficiently.

    • Rentokil was exposed as a business whose managers had underinvested to keep up with past glories.
    • The company also underinvested in creating an ecosystem for people to easily expand Alexa’s abilities, in the way that Apple had done with its App Store, which helped stoke interest in the iPhone, the person said.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA